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Continue reading →: Religious intolerance
In Northern Ireland Pastor James McConnell has been criticized for his comments on Islam. He warns his congregation that “Islam’s ideas about God, about humanity, about salvation are vastly different from the teaching of the Holy Scriptures.” That’s his opinion, although some would perceive similarities in the reverence for Moses,…
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Continue reading →: When I hear the word culture I reach for my revolver
The quotation above is often used in exasperation at the absurdity of what is acceptable in the name of ‘culture’. The fact that its origin comes from a Nazi playwright who was an SS officer might give us pause. But we have no reason to pardon the inhuman acts carried…
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Continue reading →: Searching for hope
The tragic news that the yacht Cheeki Rafiki had been found with its life raft onboard will allow the sailors’ families to grieve now. It’s a shame that it took a petition to get the search resumed, but we should be grateful for the efforts of the US Navy helicopter…
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Continue reading →: Choose or face the consequences
Sorry about the badge – the message however is fairly poignant. The temptation to stay away from the polling stations, particularly when there is a two-party game being played, makes suckers of the electorate. We get the chumps we deserve if we do nothing.There’s a good chance those chumps…
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Continue reading →: Systems for people
Like millions of people I am often frustrated by badly constructed computer systems. To be fair most of the apps I use are brilliant (WordPress included) and have intuitive user interfaces. But occasionally you run into a piece of crap that does your head in. I recently tried to buy…
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Continue reading →: Flying high on words
High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung…
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Continue reading →: The right not to vote
Civic responsibility is a moot point. If you pay your taxes, put your bins out and register on the electoral roll, surely that’s it? Why should you trot off to the polling station if you don’t want to? It might be that the very act of not voting is the…
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Continue reading →: Election time – bring out the whackos
Northern Ireland is festooned with posters of political candidates hoping to get elected to local councils and the European Parliament on 22nd May 2014. Susan Anne White is standing as an independent in the new Fermanagh and Omagh district. She is campaigning on what she says are the three most…
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